Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): A large numbers of bundles of currency notes seized from the house of former RTO constable were withdrawn from the Bhopal Cooperative Bank, said the officials here on Tuesday.
The Lokayukta Special Police Establishment (SPE) seized these assets from the premises linked to former RTO constable Saurabh Sharma after searches at his residence and office here on December 18 and 19.
Sharma was found in possession of Rs 2.87 crore in cash. From one premises, cash with a face value of Rs 1.15 crore (including foreign currency) and at his office premises in the same location, Rs 1.72 crore in cash was found.
As the large number of cash was seized from the two premises, the currency bundles were having the details of the bank from which they were brought. The notes were withdrawn from the cooperative bank in 2022. The officials said they will take the withdrawal information from the bank. The police also want to know who had taken or withdrawn the amount from the bank.
The currency notes were protected from termites as anti-termite powder was sprayed on the notes. The raid team had also found nine currency counting machines, four big and five small.
The raid team used machines to count the notes, this time they did not have to bring the counting machines from outside. When the counting was started, the machines were not able to count the notes due to the powder sprayed on them. The team took more effort to remove the powder from the notes and counted them.
Lokayukta summons Saurabh Sharma Special police establishment (SPE) Lokayukta Bhopal has summoned Saurabh Sharma, his mother and his wife to appear in the office to register their statements, officials said here on Tuesday.
The officials also informed that summons have also been issued to Chetan Singh Gaur and Sharad Jaiswal into the case.
